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NAME

       cciss - HP Smart Array block driver

SYNOPSIS

       modprobe cciss [ cciss_allow_hpsa=1 ]

DESCRIPTION

       Note:  This  obsolete driver was removed in Linux 4.14, as it is superseded by the hpsa(4)
       driver in newer kernels.

       cciss is a block driver for older HP Smart Array RAID controllers.

   Options
       cciss_allow_hpsa=1: This option prevents the cciss driver from  attempting  to  drive  any
       controllers  that the hpsa(4) driver is capable of controlling, which is to say, the cciss
       driver is restricted by this option to the following controllers:

           Smart Array 5300
           Smart Array 5i
           Smart Array 532
           Smart Array 5312
           Smart Array 641
           Smart Array 642
           Smart Array 6400
           Smart Array 6400 EM
           Smart Array 6i
           Smart Array P600
           Smart Array P400i
           Smart Array E200i
           Smart Array E200
           Smart Array E200i
           Smart Array E200i
           Smart Array E200i
           Smart Array E500

   Supported hardware
       The cciss driver supports the following Smart Array boards:

           Smart Array 5300
           Smart Array 5i
           Smart Array 532
           Smart Array 5312
           Smart Array 641
           Smart Array 642
           Smart Array 6400
           Smart Array 6400 U320 Expansion Module
           Smart Array 6i
           Smart Array P600
           Smart Array P800
           Smart Array E400
           Smart Array P400i
           Smart Array E200
           Smart Array E200i
           Smart Array E500
           Smart Array P700m
           Smart Array P212
           Smart Array P410
           Smart Array P410i
           Smart Array P411
           Smart Array P812
           Smart Array P712m
           Smart Array P711m

   Configuration details
       To configure HP Smart Array controllers, use the HP Array  Configuration  Utility  (either
       hpacuxe(8)  or hpacucli(8)) or the Offline ROM-based Configuration Utility (ORCA) run from
       the Smart Array's option ROM at boot time.

FILES

   Device nodes
       The device naming scheme is as follows:

       Major numbers:

              104   cciss0
              105   cciss1
              106   cciss2
              105   cciss3
              108   cciss4
              109   cciss5
              110   cciss6
              111   cciss7

       Minor numbers:

           b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0
           |----+----| |----+----|
                |           |
                |           +-------- Partition ID (0=wholedev, 1-15 partition)
                |
                +-------------------- Logical Volume number

       The device naming scheme is:

       /dev/cciss/c0d0     Controller 0, disk 0, whole device
       /dev/cciss/c0d0p1   Controller 0, disk 0, partition 1
       /dev/cciss/c0d0p2   Controller 0, disk 0, partition 2
       /dev/cciss/c0d0p3   Controller 0, disk 0, partition 3

       /dev/cciss/c1d1     Controller 1, disk 1, whole device
       /dev/cciss/c1d1p1   Controller 1, disk 1, partition 1
       /dev/cciss/c1d1p2   Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2
       /dev/cciss/c1d1p3   Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3

   Files in /proc
       The files /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]+ contain information about  the  configuration  of
       each controller.  For example:

           $ cd /proc/driver/cciss
           $ ls -l
           total 0
           -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-09-10 10:38 cciss0
           -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-09-10 10:38 cciss1
           -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-09-10 10:38 cciss2
           $ cat cciss2
           cciss2: HP Smart Array P800 Controller
           Board ID: 0x3223103c
           Firmware Version: 7.14
           IRQ: 16
           Logical drives: 1
           Current Q depth: 0
           Current # commands on controller: 0
           Max Q depth since init: 1
           Max # commands on controller since init: 2
           Max SG entries since init: 32
           Sequential access devices: 0

           cciss/c2d0:   36.38GB       RAID 0

   Files in /sys
       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/cXdY/model
              Displays the SCSI INQUIRY page 0 model for logical drive Y of controller X.

       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/cXdY/rev
              Displays the SCSI INQUIRY page 0 revision for logical drive Y of controller X.

       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/cXdY/unique_id
              Displays  the  SCSI INQUIRY page 83 serial number for logical drive Y of controller
              X.

       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/cXdY/vendor
              Displays the SCSI INQUIRY page 0 vendor for logical drive Y of controller X.

       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/cXdY/block:cciss!cXdY
              A symbolic link to /sys/block/cciss!cXdY.

       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/rescan
              When this file is written to, the driver rescans the  controller  to  discover  any
              new, removed, or modified logical drives.

       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/resettable
              A  value  of  1  displayed in this file indicates that the "reset_devices=1" kernel
              parameter (used by kdump) is honored by this controller.  A value  of  0  indicates
              that  the  "reset_devices=1"  kernel parameter will not be honored.  Some models of
              Smart Array are not able to honor this parameter.

       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/cXdY/lunid
              Displays the 8-byte LUN ID used to address logical drive Y of controller X.

       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/cXdY/raid_level
              Displays the RAID level of logical drive Y of controller X.

       /sys/bus/pci/devices/dev/ccissX/cXdY/usage_count
              Displays the usage count (number of opens) of logical drive Y of controller X.

   SCSI tape drive and medium changer support
       SCSI sequential access devices and medium changer devices are  supported  and  appropriate
       device nodes are automatically created (e.g., /dev/st0, /dev/st1, etc.; see st(4) for more
       details.)  You must enable "SCSI tape drive  support  for  Smart  Array  5xxx"  and  "SCSI
       support"  in  your kernel configuration to be able to use SCSI tape drives with your Smart
       Array 5xxx controller.

       Additionally, note that the driver will not engage the SCSI core at init time.  The driver
       must be directed to dynamically engage the SCSI core via the /proc filesystem entry, which
       the "block" side of the driver creates as /proc/driver/cciss/cciss* at run time.  This  is
       because  at driver init time, the SCSI core may not yet be initialized (because the driver
       is a block driver) and attempting to register it with the SCSI core in such a  case  would
       cause  a  hang.  This is best done via an initialization script (typically in /etc/init.d,
       but could vary depending on distribution).  For example:

           for x in /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]*
           do
               echo "engage scsi" > $x
           done

       Once the SCSI core is engaged by the driver, it cannot be disengaged (except by  unloading
       the driver, if it happens to be linked as a module.)

       Note  also  that if no sequential access devices or medium changers are detected, the SCSI
       core will not be engaged by the action of the above script.

   Hot plug support for SCSI tape drives
       Hot plugging of SCSI tape drives is supported, with some caveats.  The cciss  driver  must
       be  informed  that changes to the SCSI bus have been made.  This may be done via the /proc
       filesystem.  For example:

              echo "rescan" > /proc/scsi/cciss0/1

       This causes the driver to:

              (1)  query the adapter about changes  to  the  physical  SCSI  buses  and/or  fiber
                   channel arbitrated loop, and

              (2)  make note of any new or removed sequential access devices or medium changers.

       The  driver  will  output messages indicating which devices have been added or removed and
       the controller, bus, target, and lun  used  to  address  each  device.   The  driver  then
       notifies the SCSI midlayer of these changes.

       Note  that  the  naming  convention  of  the /proc filesystem entries contains a number in
       addition to the driver name (e.g., "cciss0" instead  of  just  "cciss",  which  you  might
       expect).

       Note:  Only sequential access devices and medium changers are presented as SCSI devices to
       the SCSI midlayer by the cciss driver.  Specifically, physical SCSI disk  drives  are  not
       presented  to  the  SCSI midlayer.  The only disk devices that are presented to the kernel
       are logical drives that the array controller  constructs  from  regions  on  the  physical
       drives.   The  logical drives are presented to the block layer (not to the SCSI midlayer).
       It is important for the driver to prevent the kernel from accessing  the  physical  drives
       directly,  since  these  drives  are used by the array controller to construct the logical
       drives.

   SCSI error handling for tape drives and medium changers
       The Linux SCSI midlayer provides an error-handling protocol that is initiated  whenever  a
       SCSI  command  fails to complete within a certain amount of time (which can vary depending
       on the command).  The cciss driver participates in this  protocol  to  some  extent.   The
       normal protocol is a four-step process:

       (1)  First, the device is told to abort the command.

       (2)  If that doesn't work, the device is reset.

       (3)  If that doesn't work, the SCSI bus is reset.

       (4)  If that doesn't work, the host bus adapter is reset.

       The  cciss  driver is a block driver as well as a SCSI driver and only the tape drives and
       medium  changers  are  presented  to  the  SCSI  midlayer.    Furthermore,   unlike   more
       straightforward  SCSI  drivers,  disk I/O continues through the block side during the SCSI
       error-recovery process.  Therefore, the cciss driver implements  only  the  first  two  of
       these  actions,  aborting the command, and resetting the device.  Note also that most tape
       drives will not oblige in aborting commands, and sometimes it appears they will  not  even
       obey  a  reset  command, though in most circumstances they will.  If the command cannot be
       aborted and the device cannot be reset, the device will be set offline.

       In the event that the error-handling code is triggered and a tape  drive  is  successfully
       reset or the tardy command is successfully aborted, the tape drive may still not allow I/O
       to continue until some command is issued that positions the  tape  to  a  known  position.
       Typically  you  must rewind the tape (by issuing mt -f /dev/st0 rewind for example) before
       I/O can proceed again to a tape drive that was reset.

SEE ALSO

       hpsa(4), cciss_vol_status(8), hpacucli(8), hpacuxe(8)

       ⟨http://cciss.sf.net⟩,          and          Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt          and
       Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss in the Linux kernel source tree